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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgi 
EGGPLANT 
Eggplants should be grown In and around At¬ 
lanta much more than they have been in the past, 
and with good healthy plants to set out about 
the first of April there is no reason why we 
should not have them regularly on our dinner ta¬ 
bles. They are very healthful. 
In the latitude of Atlanta hot beds should be 
started by March 15th. Great care must be taken, 
as Eggplant will not germinate freely in an aver¬ 
age temperature less than 05 degrees. On account 
of the difficulty in starting the plants it is usually 
advisable for home gardens to buy the plants to 
set out during April and May. (See page 14 for 
Eggplant Plants). If growing from seed, trans¬ 
plant to open ground when the fourth or fifth pair 
of leaves is formed, provided danger of frost is 
past. Place the plants 3 feet apart each way and 
cultivate often, keeping out grass and weeds. Ma¬ 
tures in about 120 days. Sow one packet of seed 
for every 200 feet of row. 
HASTINGS’ IMPROVED LARGE PURPLE 
THORNLESS EGGPLANT. This is the standard 
variety for home use. Fruits are splendidly and 
evenly colored, with rich, dark purple, and 00 per 
cent or more of the plants are spineless; more 
nearly spineless than any other variety. Plants 
are strong, vigorous growers, producing from 5 to 
S large fruits. This variety has no superior. 
Packet, 10 cents; % ounce, 20 cents; ounce, 35 
eents; % pound, $1.10; pound, $4.00. 
FLORIDA HIGH BUSH. Especially desirable 
for home gardens and nearby markets. The “eggs” 
are borne higher off the ground than other varie¬ 
ties, keeping out “rot” and “blight.” Packet, 10 
cents; % ounce, 15 cents; ounce, 25 cents; 14 pound, 
85 cents; pound, $3.00. 
ENDIVE EARLY GREEN CURLED is the 
" “ variety for you to plant here. Drill 
shallowly in early spring and thin out or trans¬ 
plant in good soil. When nearly grown tie up or 
shade heads when dry for bleaching. Finest and 
most wholesome for salads and of excellent liavor. 
Sow one ounce of seed to 200 feet of row. Packet, 
Hastings’ Improved Large Purple Thornless Eggplant 5c; ounce, 15c; 14 pound, 40c; pound, $1.25. 
KALE or BORECOLE ,K e S' 
aoU* TV generally stand through our entire winter. 
Most delicately flavored of the cabbage family for “greens.’ 
ol ? nce of seed to 100 feet of row. EARLY GREEN 
/ v growing with fine curled leaves. TALI 
GREEN CURLED SCOTCH is a tall growing, ornamental 
yaiietj • Each, packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 14 pound 
2a cents; pound, 60 cents. 
KOHL-RABI EAKEY "HITE VIENNA is the va 
riety to plant here. Bulbs grow tc 
the Size of an apple when ready for use, and are of a pale 
whitish green color. They are hardy and can be sown in 
drills as soon as the ground can be worked in the spring, 
and with successive sowings you can have nice, tender 
bulbs all summer and fall. Sow one ounce to 300 feet of 
row. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 20 cents; 14 pound, 50 cents. 
finilRDS Gourds furnish many useful household 
articles, and are easily grown. Don’t 
grow near Squash or Pumpkins. Give them a fence or trel¬ 
lis to climb. THE NEST EGG GOURD is what its name 
implies; THE DIPPER makes dipper shaped gourds; SU¬ 
GAR TROUGH can be used for buckets, baskets, soap 
dishes, nests or water dishes for poultry; THE DISH¬ 
CLOTH, when fully ripe, the skin is easily removed, the 
sponge-like interior cleaned and dried, then used for dish¬ 
cloths, or in place of sponges. Packet of each of these 
four useful varieties, 25c. Single packets, 10c each. 
CORN SALAD OR FETTICUS. For spring salad or 
garnishing. Plant early; ounce plants 30 feet of row. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents. 
WATER CRESS. Packet, 10 cents. 
CURLED CRESS (Imp. Pepper Grass). Packet, 5 cents. 
DANDELION. Packet, 10 cents. 
PEPPERS P e PP er seef l does not germinate freely in a temperature of 
, „ less than 65 degrees, hence should be started in hot beds 
? e deter planting until April. Pepper plants give entire satisfaction and 
uni De ready as soon as it is advisable to plant in open ground. (See page 14 
tor Pepper Plants.) If you grow the plants, transplant when plants have 6 
to 8 leaves, about 15 inches apart in rows that are 3 feet apart. When plants 
begin to bear draw up soil around stem for support. In spring, one ounce of 
seed will make about 1,000 plants. 
. HASTINGS’ MIXED PEPPERS is a mixture of varieties of all kinds, giv- 
ln g you a general assortment of sweet and hot, large and small peppers. 
Packet. 10 cents; 3 liackets, 25 cents. RUBY’ KING is a leading variety of 
sweet pepper, large bell type, for home use and market. Packet, 10 cents; % 
ounce, 20c; ounce, 30c; % pound, 90c. LARGE BELL OR BULL NOSE is the 
standard large, mild variety. Packet, 5c; % ounce, 15c; ounce, 25c; *4 pound, 
me. CHINESE GIANT is the monster of the pepper family and mild. Packet, 
10c; % ounce, 30c; ounce, 50c; % pound, $1.50. HASTINGS’ GOLDEN PRIZE 
is a large, bright golden yellow variety; very sweet and mild. In some places 
eaten raw like an apple, for it is said to cure chills and fever. Packet, 10c. 
RE P CLUSTER deserves a place in your flower garden. Very ornamental, 
with hundreds of small red peppers of hot, pungent flavor. Packet, 5 cents. 
RUBY GIANT is an exceptionally large, mild pepper. Flesh thick and mild. 
VA e have already sold about 15,000 packets of this variety this year, our first 
year m introducing it. Packet, 10c; % ounce, 20c; ounce, 35c; % pound, $1.00. 
HASTINGS’ PIMIENTO is the mildest pepper grown, and while rather new, 
is prominently known all through the Southeast. Eat it raw, scald and peel 
it for eating, or stuff it with salads. It’s great. Packet, 10c; % ounce, 20c; 
ounce, 35c; 14 pound, $1.00. RED CHILI is a well known, hot, pungent vari¬ 
ety. Small and very bright red. Packet, 5c. LONG CAYENNE is another 
well known, burning hot pepper, long and red; often used when dry and 
strung during the winter. Packet. 5 cents. 
Ruby King—Large Bell Type 
